Cropland — Area per capita in Dominica
Dominica: Cropland — Area per capita was 0.34 ha/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cropland — Area per capita in Dominica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cropland — area per capita in Dominica is 0.34 ha/cap, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cropland — area per capita in Dominica peaked at 0.34 ha/cap in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.22 ha/cap, in 1995.
That places Dominica 37th out of 232 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2556 ha/cap | 0.25 ha/cap | 0.26 ha/cap | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.238 ha/cap | 0.23 ha/cap | 0.25 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.234 ha/cap | 0.23 ha/cap | 0.24 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.228 ha/cap | 0.22 ha/cap | 0.25 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.29 ha/cap | 0.28 ha/cap | 0.3 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.326 ha/cap | 0.32 ha/cap | 0.33 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.336 ha/cap | 0.33 ha/cap | 0.34 ha/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
- 34 Burkina Faso 0.36 ha/cap compare
- 34 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.36 ha/cap compare
- 36 Yugoslav SFR 0.35 ha/cap compare
- 37 Spain 0.34 ha/cap compare
- 39 Belize 0.33 ha/cap compare
- 39 Togo 0.33 ha/cap compare
More environment data for Dominica
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.89 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 0.2 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 2.66 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 8.16 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 2 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 69.39 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 17 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 22.45 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 5.5 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 29.96 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cropland — area per capita in Dominica?
- Cropland — area per capita in Dominica was 0.34 ha/cap in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cropland — area per capita recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.34 ha/cap in 2022.
- What is the lowest cropland — area per capita recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.22 ha/cap in 1995.
- How does Dominica rank for cropland — area per capita?
- Dominica ranks 37th out of 232 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cropland — area per capita rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cropland — Area per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.